CHAMPION: Hackner Wins 2012 Bernick's Miller Lite Open

Thunder Bay , Northern Ontario

SKIP
Al
Hackner

Third
Kory
Carr

Second
Kristofer
Leupen

Lead
Gary
Champagne

Games:	7
Record:	7W - 0L
PF/G:	8.60
PA/G:	4.60
Hammer Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Defense:	0.12
Force Efficiency:	0.64
Steal Efficiency:	0.25

Al Hackner (Thunder Bay , NONT) won 6-4 over Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN) in the Final of the Bernick's Miller Lite Open, held October 26 - 28, 2012 in Bemidji, Minnesota. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Hackner won 6-4 over Mike McCarville (Thunder Bay, ON) to advance to the championship game. of the 2012 Bernick's Miller Lite Open in Bemidji, Minnesota; of the 2012 Bernick's Miller Lite Open in Bemidji, Minnesota;

Hackner finished 5-0 in the 18-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hackner defeated North Dakota's Scott Brown 6-3, then won 4-3 against Kevin Kakela (Rolla, ND) and 6-4 against John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Hackner won 6-4 against Kyle Doering (Winnipeg, MB), then won 9-1 against Randy Baird (Bemidji, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Bernick's Miller Lite Open Championship title, Hackner earned 3.500 world rankings points along with the $3,995CDN first prize cheque, moving up 31 spots the World Ranking Standings into 110th place overall with 9.435 total points. Hackner ranks 89th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.500 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2015: Matt Dunstone
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Korey Dropkin
Blaine, USA
2013: Jeff Currie
Thunder Bay, ON
2012: Al Hackner
Thunder Bay , NONT

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